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SCENE VIII.
Salome.alone.
On this great hour
Shine all ye planets, whose malignant rays,
Blast the fair prosp'rous growth of regal pow'r!
Hark!—Death's in action; from the banquet sounds
The musick of his triumphs, groans and cries.
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